Willmont Proviso

This called for prohibiting slavery in the new territories. This was one of the biggest events contributing to the Civil War, that would have abolished slavery in any territory to be gained from Mexico in the Mexican War or later on including (Mexican Cession) Economical

Georgia Platform

Election of 1848

Compromise of 1850

-California was brought in as a free state
-turning Utah and New Mexico into separate territories
-paid Texas $10 million for extra land into the territories
-fugitive slave law stating run away slaves may be captured from the North and brought back
-abolished the slave trade in D.C.

The Emancipation Proclamation is what amendment?

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 is what amendment?

The right for all citizens to vote is what amendment?

carpetbaggers

A derogatory term applied to Northerners who migrated south during the Reconstruction to take advantage of opportunities to advance their own fortunes by buying up land from desperate Southerners and by manipulating new black voters to obtain lucrative government contracts.